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Animated by the debates of so
lively
an evening, and above all by the sincerity of the discussion, at that moment M. de Nerval believed in his mission.
That countenance, once so lively, and so vigorous in its expression of the noblest sentiments, was no longer to be aroused from a state of apathy.
The general conversation was at first most lively; but gradually, as the jury delayed their verdict, the feeling of weariness spread a calm over the assembly.
Behind him, the noise of the assembly rose as it became
lively
once more and probably began to discuss these events as if making a scientific study of them.
Block was very pleased at this and with lively, but silent, gestures he immediately urged her to intercede for him with the lawyer.
The outside of the pulpit's balustrade was covered in green foliage which continued down to the column supporting it, little angels could be seen among the leaves, some of them
lively
and some of them still.
We did have a
lively
time!
I never saw a man's face change from
lively
to severe so suddenly in all my life before.
It is a bustling,
lively
little town; not very picturesque on the whole, it is true, but there are many quaint nooks and corners to be found in it, nevertheless - standing arches in the shattered bridge of Time, over which our fancy travels back to the days when Marlow Manor owned Saxon Algar for its lord, ere conquering William seized it to give to Queen Matilda, ere it passed to the Earls of Warwick or to worldly-wise Lord Paget, the councillor of four successive sovereigns.
The result of his first experiment seemed highly satisfactory to him, and he determined to go on and make things
lively
all round.
"Why, the Alhambra would be almost more lively," said Harris, venturing his head outside the cover for a moment and taking a survey of the sky.
The next train went at seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at all feel particularly fresh and
lively.
"That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very still, although his little legs only became all the more
lively
as they danced around.
They no longer held the
lively
conversations of earlier times, of course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room.
When engaged in traffic, the intelligence of his face appeared lively, active, and flexible, though uncommonly acute; if the conversation turned on the ordinary transactions of life, his air became abstracted and restless; but if, by chance, the Revolution and the country were the topic, his whole system seemed altered - all his faculties were concentrated: he would listen for a great length of time, without speaking, and then would break silence by some light and jocular remark, that was too much at variance with his former manner, not to be affectation.
This very material point in his business so satisfactorily completed, the peddler rose from his seat on the floor of the piazza, and approached to where Captain Wharton stood, supporting his sisters on either arm, as they listened with the
lively
interest of affection to his conversation.
The trumpets of the Virginians now sounded long and lively; they were answered by a strain from the party in ambush that went to the hearts of their enemies.
As the dragoons dashed by them, rending the air with their shouts, and with trumpets sounding a
lively
strain, the charger ridden by the youth became ungovernable - he plunged, reared, and his rider being unable with his wounded arm, to manage the impatient animal, Henry Wharton found himself, in less than a minute, unwillingly riding by the side of Captain Lawton.
Again the bugle sounded a
lively
strain, and before the agitated Frances had time to rally her thoughts, Dunwoodie dashed by the party of dragoons, threw himself from his charger, and advanced to her side.
Presently Tom said:"Now, if you've got the hang, go it lively!"
So they "went it lively," panting and perspiring with the work.
"Courses, tops'ls, and flying-jib, sir.""Send the r'yals up!Lay out aloft, there, half a dozen of ye--foretopmaststuns'l!Lively, now!""Aye-aye, sir!""Shake out that maintogalans'l!
Thus he wrought me up, in short, to a kind of hesitation in the matter; having the dangers on one side represented in
lively
figures, and indeed, heightened by my imagination of being turned out to the wide world a mere cast-off whore, for it was no less, and perhaps exposed as such, with little to provide for myself, with no friend, no acquaintance in the whole world, out of that town, and there I could not pretend to stay.
But my case was indeed deplorable, for I was left perfectly friendless and helpless, and the loss my husband had sustained had reduced his circumstances so low, that though indeed I was not in debt, yet I could easily foresee that what was left would not support me long; that while it wasted daily for subsistence, I had not way to increase it one shilling, so that it would be soon all spent, and then I saw nothing before me but the utmost distress; and this represented itself so
lively
to my thoughts, that it seemed as if it was come, before it was really very near; also my very apprehensions doubled the misery, for I fancied every sixpence that I paid for a loaf of bread was the last that I had in the world, and that to-morrow I was to fast, and be starved to death.
I am not capable of reading lectures of instruction to anybody, but I relate this in the very manner in which things then appeared to me, as far as I am able, but infinitely short of the
lively
impressions which they made on my soul at that time; indeed, those impressions are not to be explained by words, or if they are, I am not mistress of words enough to express them.
When the report was completed, Laurent experienced
lively
joy, which penetrated his being like new life.
At present, grown thin, and always shuddering, his manner had become anxious, while he experienced the
lively
and poignant sensations of a man of nervous temperament.
When she saw that her niece and nephew allowed her to remain in the dining-room, she experienced
lively
joy at the thought of attempting to avenge her son.
One of these times, as I was pondering with the paper before me, a pen in my ear, my elbow on the desk, and my cheek in my hand, thinking of what I should say, there came in unexpectedly a certain lively, clever friend of mine, who, seeing me so deep in thought, asked the reason; to which I, making no mystery of it, answered that I was thinking of the Preface I had to make for the story of "Don Quixote," which so troubled me that I had a mind not to make any at all, nor even publish the achievements of so noble a knight.
In short, then, he remained at home fifteen days very quietly without showing any signs of a desire to take up with his former delusions, and during this time he held
lively
discussions with his two gossips, the curate and the barber, on the point he maintained, that knights-errant were what the world stood most in need of, and that in him was to be accomplished the revival of knight-errantry.
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